God has called Precious
Testimonies to publish testimonies that glorify Jesus Christ,
and we're so very thankful
for the call. We believe God's primary reason for the call is to
help point others to Jesus Christ, who have yet found Him as their
Savior and Lord. Some people aren't ready to handle preaching and
Bible teachings, but they will read a testimony. Sure ' for those
of us who are already Christians, it's always encouraging to hear
how God is working so mightily in the lives of other people. The
walk of faith gets difficult at times. Hearing about God in action
is addictive! I've yet to find a Christian who is so full of hope
and encouragement that they need no more of it for at least a year!
There is simply too much refining and purging from God going on to
allow such a thing to happen, and'too much demonic spiritual warfare
mixed in.

Perhaps you've never observed
on the Precious Testimonies website that we don't
specifically request testimonies of physical healing to publish. We
certainly enjoy being able to publish bonafide physical healing
testimonies that glorify Jesus, because the Holy Spirit often uses
them to impart faith to those who are in need of a healing
themselves, especially when doctors have done about all they can for
the person and they have run out of options.

However, after being a
Christian for close to 30 years now, I've reached a crystal clear
observation. For every Christian seeking healing from God and gets
one supernaturally, there are at least 99 if not 999 other
Christians out there (if not higher) with the same sickness and/or
disease seeking God for a supernatural healing as well, and they
probably won't get one. (Please don't assume God couldn't
heal them, or doesn't desire to heal most of them. Many
factors can enter into the equation as to why they don't receive a
healing from God, and I for one have no intentions of insulting God
by saying that He's incapable of executing a healing miracle any
time He chooses!). In fact, an overwhelming high percentage of
Christians will end up dying of some sort of sickness and/or
crippling disease that ushers them into heaven. And when that
happens ' they have no testimony that seems to glorify Jesus,
right?

Not necessarily. Not
necessarily at all!

There are Christians who have
had great amounts of financial wealth, only to have it suddenly
taken away, and have lived the rest of their lives in near abject
poverty, never seeming to see God open His windows of financial
blessing again. There are Christians who have been faithful to God
in every way possible, only to be rejected and persecuted and
tortured in different ways for their faith
in Jesus Christ, right up to the end of their earthly lives. It is
happening every day in places around the world, and it has been
happening since Christ resurrected.

Staying faithful to God through
suffering hardship is a testimony that God seems to elevate just as
highly ' if not HIGHER, depending on how we look at it. Maybe it
has been awhile since you've pondered this aspect of
Christianity, so let's refresh our thoughts on the matter. It might
not seem all that relevant and encouraging to you now, but down the
road, it may be very relevant.

If you read Hebrews Chapter 11,
you know it's 'The Faith Chapter.' It starts out by giving us some
insights on 'faith,' and then starts listing a long list of people
that did mighty exploits in God by their 'mountain moving' '
steadfast faith in God. It then goes on to say that there isn't
enough room to list all the mighty 'hero's of the faith,' and
then'starting in verse 36, it changes gears. We go from those who
obtained their objective through faith in Christ, to those who did
NOT receive what they were believing for. Were they
'losers?' 'Fools?' Absolutely not! They were the ones who
'obtained a good testimony of faith' by staying faithful to Jesus
Christ when every demon in hell most likely tried to convince them
over and over that their faith in Christ had been absolutely
useless.

I'll even go so far as to say,
in God's eyes, some of them may have a more precious God-glorifying
testimony than the preceding 'heroes of the faith.' Why is that?
Because it was a lot more difficult for demons to convince the
mighty 'heroes of the faith' they weren't hearing from God ' hearing
his voice ' obeying His will. When you believe God for something
and you see it manifest one day ' demons go real silent about the
matter. You're asked to share your testimony on Christian
television and other Christian platforms. You get invited to share
your testimony in big churches, and generous offerings are sometimes
taken to make it worth your while.

But not the little old grandma
lying in a bed in some run-down assisted living center in
Nowheresville. She's had cancer now for years, and every waking
moment she experiences pain. She doesn't ask God to heal her
anymore. She gave up on that a long time ago. Now her prayer is,
'Lord ' please just minimize the pain a little so I can make it
through one more day, and if you would be so kind, please send
someone to me today I can visit with a little, to get my mind off
this pain.'

Or the mother and father in
Africa or some other poverty struck country who couldn't put food in
front of their children so many times they had lost count, because
there was none, but the children were told they could trust in Jesus
to take care of them, somehow. Then see evil ravage their village
and watched their children killed in front of them. Millions right
now are silently asking in their minds, 'Jesus ' what have I done
to not have your blessings on my life? What did I ever do anyway to
deserve all this painful stuff happening to me?'

Yet they keep praying to
Jesus. They keep witnessing that He is good, and that it is even a
privilege to be suffering for Him, no less! They have virtually
none of this world's goods, and have little faith this world's goods
will even come into their possession, but they keep being faithful
to Jesus. Day after day, week after week'being faithful. Trusting
Him that their afflictions are indeed working for them an eternal
weight of glory, as 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 assures them is happening:

Therefore we do not lose
heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man
is being renewed day by day, for our light affliction, which is but
for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal
weight of glory ' while we do not look at the things which are seen,
but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen
are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

The Holy Spirit mentions those
who have experienced ' some their whole lifetime - 'light
afflictions' at the end of Chapter 11, and I choose to believe these
are the ones whose testimonies of faith may well be the most
priceless to God. These are the ones who have nothing tangible
than can been seen, really, to show for their faith in Christ in
this life, other than assurance of their eternal salvation.

Can you just imagine what goes
through one's mind as someone is about to saw you in two for your
faith in Jesus, and your refusal to renounce your faith in Him?
Demons screaming: 'You fool! If Jesus loved you, He would NOT
let you be dying this way! How stupid can a person get to hold onto
such a fairytale lie that Jesus Christ cares for His own ' for
you!?'

The teeth of the saw starts
ripping into your flesh, and everything in your brain begins to
question if maybe'just maybe'these demon voices inside your head
might be right afterall.

Still others had trial
of mockings and scourgings,and yes,
chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two,
were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in
sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented ' of
whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and
mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.

And
all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did
NOT receive the promise, ...(Hebrews 11:36-39 NKJV).

On the other side, those who
suffered for their faith in Christ, yet remained faithful right up
to the end; they won't get their testimonies published on this
website, sadly. But this we can be assured of: A
myriad of angels; a myriad of redeemed sinners saved by grace'will
be in the grandstands of heaven'standing; applauding; cheering
wildly'as God parades them around the grandstand throne of
grace'tears of joy running down the eyes of Jesus (though invisible
most likely, because this was the very joy He was believing He would
one day in glory have manifested to Him'when He hung there dying on
the cross for your and my sins).

Who doesn't want faith to
believe God for the impossible that we can testify of? But here is
the greater reality. We all need to be trusting God for the grace
to deal with every trial of adversity that may be around the next
bend. Actually maybe grace isn't the only word to use that we need
to be trusting for when adversity strikes, if it strikes'but the
determination to never quit trusting God to be working something of
eternal good out of the suffering we might be faced to endure.

I've grown to believe there is
no more precious faithfulness one can have than to be determined to
stay in a trusting and thankful relationship with Jesus Christ no
matter what comes our way. I believe some of the greatest rewards
in eternity will come to those
who have a testimony of making it through the fiery trials of life,
faithful to trust Jesus, always speaking well of Him, right to the
very end.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
were thrown into the fiery furnace for only a short time, yet to
never experience physical pain from the fire. Most of us will never
experience such a trial. Rather ' many Christians will go through
different fiery trials throughout their relationship with Christ
where Christ 'seems' to be nowhere around at times while the fire
tries to eat away at their soul.

There is a 'faithfulness grace'
that God gives to every one of us who belong to Him. This is a
dimension of grace that says and means: 'I do not care what God
allows to happen to me during this life; I will not quit on Jesus
Christ. Yes ' I might get angry at times, but I'll apologize to Him
and ask for His
forgiveness. I'll ask Him for more grace to endure the hardship I'm
going through, because, first off, I would be a fool to quit on Him,
and secondly, I plan on having a good testimony of faithfulness
through my trials
of life to share for eternity that though I was tempted
many times to quit on Jesus when the fiery trials pained me to the
core of my being ' He remained faithful to help me stay with Him,
right up to the very end of my time on earth.'

Conclusion:

There are two ways we can
release our faith in God when a mountain of trial looms before us.
We can persistently trust God to remove it, which He always desires
that we be courageous enough to trust Him to do'but while the
mountain sometimes almost seems like it's resting squarely on our
chest, trying to crush the life out of us, we can trust Him to also
give us grace and wisdom daily to deal with the pain, all the while
letting God use that mountain to build in us the most priceless
testimony that most likely will get told through all eternity: a
good testimony of faithfulness through that mountain-crushing
trial Satan launched against us before our entering into eternal
glory.

As a concluding thought,
consider this. Satan and the fallen angels and all those who end up
rejecting the salvation truth of Jesus Christ have a 'testimony of
faithfulness' they will have to share for all eternity as well.
What testimony will that be? The testimony of being faithful to a
lie. How tragic; how sad.

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